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Fenestrated Pot Stands in Ninivite 5 Pottery Tradition: New Data from Tell Arbid (north-east Syria)

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Abstract

Tell Arbid, a site in northeastern Syria, yielded numerous fenestrated pot stands in its Ninevite 5 pottery assemblage. Two types can be distinguished among them: triangle-fenestrated pot stands, occurring in the early incised and excised pottery phase of the Ninevite 5 period, and arrow-fenestrated pot stands, diagnostic for the late Ninevite 5 period, as they appear along late excised pottery and the earliest examples of Metallic Ware (EJII in the Syrian Jazirah). Unlike the triangle-fenestrated pot stands, the arrow-fenestrated variety is geographically limited to the Upper Khabur area. Moreover, they have been found on just a few sites in the area. Tell Arbid, which might have been one of their production centers, has turned out the most numerous and diversified group of such pot stands (ca. 40 diagnostic fragments from Area D). Arrow-fenestrated pot stands seem to be a local invention related to late Ninevite 5 pottery tradition, as indicated by their chronological horizon, geographic spread as well as their technological characteristics. They might have evolved from the earlier triangle-fenestrated pot stands.

How to Cite:

Smogorzewska, A., (2013) “Fenestrated Pot Stands in Ninivite 5 Pottery Tradition: New Data from Tell Arbid (north-east Syria)”, Akkadica 134(2), 187–199. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/akkadica.99633

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